Compendio de prácticas de laboratorio de bioinstrumentación para la carrera de Biomedicina

Abstract

The present work presents a compendium of laboratory practices in Bioinstrumentation for the Biomedicine program at the Salesian Polytechnic University, Quito Campus. This compendium brings together a set of topics addressed during the implementation of the analytical plan of the Bioinstrumentation course. The proposed practices have been designed to reinforce the learning outcomes and achievement indicators contemplated during the teaching-learning processes of the course. For this purpose, the practices have been developed using technological resources, both software and hardware, available in the Bioinstrumentation laboratory belonging to the life sciences area. Particularly, the practices have been designed to strengthen the knowledge used for the acquisition, processing, and visualization of biosignals as an exercise specific to the Biomedical Engineering field. On the other hand, each proposed practice has been elaborated to enhance the skills required for the design, development, implementation, and validation of healthcare technologies included within the field of biosignal processing and medical instrumentation. Therefore, the design of the practices has been supported by the use of various hardware components and simulators used in engineering areas, as well as in life sciences, respectively, including: a biosignal acquisition and visualization module, which includes different types of sensors, known as IX-TA-220 from the company iWorx, different modules of embedded systems, such as the well-known Arduino platform. Additionally, some developed practices have been supported by the use of computer platforms and simulators such as Matlab, Proteus, and Tinkercad, respectively, according to the nature and level of complexity of the practice. Similarly, this work provides the theoretical foundation of the contents considered in the course, to be complemented and associated with the practical component, also complemented with a practical application of these theoretical foundations, which constitute two activities of the practical component related to a particular academic topic according to the analytical plan of the course. The same is structured into 4 fundamental units. Therefore, this compendium results in 13 practices to be carried out during an academic period. Each proposed practice was previously developed and evaluated for execution with the students. The results obtained were validated regarding the minimum learning outcomes required by the course. Finally, the work presents the appropriate formats for the practices to be carried out by the students, as a standard format for the laboratory.